1Thomas1 Tupper and His Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 45, p. 59 (Jan 1945).
"1. THOMAS1 TUPPER, son of Henry Tupper and grandson of Richard tupper of co. Sussex, England, was born in Bury, co. Sussex, 28 (7) Jan. 1578.
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Thomas Tupper married first, in the Parish of Chelmsford, co. Essex, 29 Apr. 1622, KATHERINE GATOR;
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Children by first wife:
i. KATHERINE,2 b. in England 31 Jan. 1623; d. in Sandwich 4 June 1676; m. in Sandwich, 19 Oct. 1640, BENJAMIN NYE.
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5. Mercy, b. 4 Apr. 1652; m. Matthias Ellis, b. 2 June 1657.
. . .".2Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, , Lt. John1 and Elizabeth (Freeman) Ellis of Sandwich, Mass.,NEHGR Vol. 119, pp. 262,265-266 (Oct 1965).
"3. LT. MATTHIAS2 ELLIS (lt. John1), born 2 June 1657, died in Sandwich 30 Aug. 1748.
He married about 1678/9 MERCY2 NYE, born 4 April 1652, died after 13 Nov. 1744 and before 7 Nov. 1749, daughter of Benjamin1 and Katherine (Tupper) Nye.
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Children of "Matthias Ellis and Mercy his wife" (the parts of the names which had worn away as described by Mr. Bowman, op. cit., and which the Town Clerk, Mr. Ellis, found missing as early as 1865, are here shown within brackets).
14. i. [JOE]L2 b. 17 Jan 1679/80.
15. ii. [MAT]THIAS, b. Nov. 1681.
iii. [JOHN], b. 17 Aug. 1683; d. in Sandwich 12 Dec. 1717 (Mayflower Descendant, vol. 29, p. 23). This son was misidentified as a daughter Mehitable, in spite of the fact that Mr. Bowman states that the original entry shows that the clerk wrote "son" after the missing name. A study of the family group proves conclusively that the son born on this date could only have been the son named John, subject of the following probate entry: "To Matthias Ellis Senr., of the town of Sandwich, gentleman, . . . whereas John Ellis your son late of Sandwich. . . . singleman, deceased." etc. The father was appointed administrator 8 April 1718. That John lived to maturity and owned land is also proved by the reference to him in his father's will (above) (see Barnstable County Probate, vo. 3, p. 466, 610).
iv. [MER]CY, b. 17 Aug. 1685; d. in Sandwich shortly before 30 Oct. 1751; m. (1), 18 April 1705, Thomas2 Dotey, d. about 28 Feb. 1722; m. (2) (intention in Plymouth, 25 Aug. 1722), Jonathan Barnes (see "notes on the Dotey and Churchill Families" by Mrs. John E. Barclay of Whitman, Mass., in The American Genealogist, vol. 36, p. 5, January 1960. We are indebted to Mrs. Barclay and to her saughter, Rachel E. Barclay, for the information that Mercy (Ellis) (Dotey) Barnes m. (3),,probaly soon after her second husband's death, ----- Wilson; and (4), in Kingston, 15 Dec. 1737, as his second wife, Timothy4 Morton, b. in Plymouth 19 March 1681/2, d. there in 1746/7, son of George3 and Joanna (Kempton) Morton."
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v. [EX]PERIENCE, b. 26 July 1687, bapt. 30 May 1695; d. after 2 Sept. 1750 and before 20 Sept. 1751; m. 2 Dec. 1708 STEPHEN,sup>2 CHURCHILL of Plymouth, b. 16 Feb. 1684, d. 6 Oct. 1750.
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16. vi. [MALA]CHI, b. 8 Oct. 1689.
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vii. REMEMBER, b. 1 Dec. 1691, bapt. 30 May 1695; d. before the date of her father's will, probably in early childhood.
viii. [MEHITA]BEL, b. 31 Dec. 1693, bapt. 30 May 1695; d. in Taunton between 20 Sept. and 8 Nov. 1751; m., as his second wife, ISAAC3 MERRICK.
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ix. SAMUEL, b. 12 Nov. 1699, bapt. 24 March 1699/1700; probably d. in infancy since he is not named in his father's will nor in those of his sisters. Some accounts have identified him incorrectly as the husband of Mercy Gibbs, but there is conclusive proof that she married Samuel2 Ellis (#12 below), son of Lt. Mordecai2 Ellis.".
1Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts with a . . ., Vol. 2, p. 373 (1907).
(IV) Samuel Knight, son of Samuel Knight (3), was born in Woburn, in 1710, and died September 11, 1801. He married at Framingham, April 23, 1740, Mary Rice. They settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts, probably inheriting the lands of his grandfather there. Their children were: Asel (same as Asahel, man's name), born March 8, 1730-21, married Lucy Goodnow, February 20, 1760; Samuel, born April 29, 1733; Abigail, April 14, 1735, married Jotham Bellows, February 14, 1753; Ann, born January 27, 1740-1; Mary, born September 28, 1742; Benjamin, born December 26, 1744.".
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